Machine for baling fiber.



PATENTED MAY 26, 1903.

- J. J. DAVENPORT. MAGHINBIE'OR BALING FIBER.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 2 3, 1902.

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UNITED STATES I Patented May 26, 1903.

PATENT ()FFIGIL' JOHN JOSEPH DAVENPORT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOROF ONE- HALF TO ABRAHAM GOULD JENNINGS, OF

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR BALING FIBER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,285, dated May 26,1903.

I Application filed April 23, 1902. Serial'No. 104,278. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN JOSEPH DAVEN- PORT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, inthe county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Im iproved Machine for Baling Fiber, of whichv the following is a full,clear, and exact description. I

My invention relates to machines for balin g fiber-that is, for windingthe fiber with a traverse action into compact bales.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a simple and compact machineconstructed to I5 wind hemp and similar fiber in open slivers and not ina twisted condition, as heretofore, so that the fiber when carried to ahacklingmachine will be presented in a straight and comparativelyuntangled condition and need not be untwisted at such time, as iscustom-.

ary, thereby preventing the fiber from being broken and preserving allof the life of the fiber when made up for commercial purposes.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a winding mechanism whichwill not pull apart the slivers of fiber While the fiber Fig. 2 is anend view of the same.

' desired shape or construction.

is being wound in abale, and also to provide means whereby the bale willhave an exceedingly small core and will be verycoin- 3o pact, enablingthe greatest amountof mate:

rial to be packed without injury in the smallest possible space.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a bale-stick which can beconveniently 5 drawn from the'core of' the bale 'and'to so construct theguides for the bale and stick that sections of the guides may be quicklyand conveniently placed in position to produce a platform or track uponwhich the 0 completed bale can be rolled from the machine to aconveyance or to a point beyond the machine without injury thereto andwith little efiort on the part of the operator.

The invention consists in the novel con 5 struction and combination ofthe several parts, as Will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointedout in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

' Figurelisafrontelevation of the machine.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine, Fig. 4 is a central transversesection through the machine,

and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the core stick or supportupon which the bale is "made.

The frame of the machine may be of any As shown, it consists of front,rear, and intermediate rectangular sections A, B, and O of equal height,connected at the top and bottom portions of their ends by cross-bars 10,as is shown in Figs. 2 and 4. 'Atthe upper end portionsof 6 the rear andintermediate frame-sections B and 0 horizontal extensions 11 areprovided, the upper surfaces of which extensions are .flush with thecorresponding surfaces of said sections, as is illustrated in Figs. 1and 2. In the further construction of the frame tracks 12 aresecur'edupon or are made integral with the upper'surfaces of theframe-sections B and O and their extensions, upon which tracks acarriage D, to be hereinafter de- 7 scribed, is'adapted to travel.

Outwardly andiupwardly extending brackets 13 are secured to the frame ofthe machine at the bottom cross-bars 10 between the frame-sections B andO, and each bracket carries a suitable box or bearing at its upper end.A traverse shaft 14 is journaled in the boxes of'the brackets '13,projecting beyond the right-hand bracket, and crossed right and.lefthand threads loam-produced upon the said shaft between itsbearings, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The traverse shaft 14 carries atits extended end a fast driving-pulley 16 and an associate loose pulley17 and fast pulleys l8 and 19 for the transmission of 0 power to othershafts, to be hereinafter mentioned.

At the right-handrear portion of the main frame a bracket-bar 20issecured, which ex tends beyond the right-hand end of the frame, ,9 5 asis shown in Figs. 1 and 3, which bracket bar is provided at each endwith an upright member 21, having suitable boxes, in which boxes arejournaled the ends of a line-shaft 22, and on this shaft a longitudinalfeather I00 23 is formed. (Shown in Fig. 3.) The shaft 22 is driventhrough an attached pulley 24 and a belt 25, running over the pulley 24and the pulley 19 on the traverse shaft 14. This line-shaft 22 carriesat its feathered portion a gear 26, which slides on the shaft and turnsthereon for use in connection with the carriage D.

Standards 27 are secured upon the bed of the frame at its front endportions, and two parallel feed-shafts 28 and 29 are journaled in saidstandards, one below the other, as is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4. Bothshafts 28 and 29 extend beyond the left-hand side of the frame, andmeshing gears 30 and 31 are secured at said ends of the shaft, while theupper feed-shaft 28, which is the driver, is carried beyond theright-hand side of the frame, and at the extended end of the shaft 28 apulley 32 is secured, connected by a belt 33 with the driving-pulley 18on the traverse shaft 14.

At the central portion of the upper feedsbaft 28 a feed-roller 34 issecured, and at the corresponding portion of the lower feed-shaft 29 alonger roller 35 is attached to said shaft. The longer roller 35 isprovided with a peripheral recess 36 of such dimensions as to receivebetween its side walls the side surfaces of the upper feed-roller 34, asis best shown in Fig. 1. The periphery of the upper roller 34 ispractically in contact'with the peripheral wall of the recess 36 in saidlower roller 35, as is also shown in Fig. 1. The material to be fed tothe carriage D is received in the recess 36 and is pressed and guided tothe carriage by the coaction of the two rollers 34 and 35.

The frame of the carriage D consists of upright end sections 01 andfront and rear bars (1, connecting the base port-ions of the uprights,which front and rear bars (1 are provided with openings at intervals, inwhich openings rollers 37 are mounted to turn, and said rollers 37 areadapted to travel upon the tracks 12. Each end section at of thecarriage D is in two members 38 and 39 from a point near the base to thetop, the members being separated by a vertical slot 40, as is shown inFigs. 2 and 4. The upright members 39 of the carriage D are in twosections-- a fixed lower section 39 and an upper adjustable section39"asis especially shown in Fig. 2. These two sections 39 and 39 arepivotally connected, as is shown at 40 in Figs. 2 and 4, and the lowerends of the upper sections 39 are preferably rounded off, and in theouter side surfaces of the lower sections 39 of the said sections 39 ofthe carriage a forwardly-directed and upwardly-inclined rest or stopprojection 41 is formed, which when the upper sections 39" are dropped,as is shown in Fig. 4, receive and support the said upper adjustablesections 39 of the carriage in a downwardly and rearwardly inclinedposition, as is shown in Fig. 4. The drop-sections 39 of the carriagethen constitute tracks upon which the completed bale is rolled to skidsor other devices connected with the said drop-sections 39 to convey thebale with little efiort from the machine to any vehicle or supportdesigned to receive it.

As the bale while being made is supported at the slotted portions of theside uprights d of the carriage when the sections 39 are dropped, thehalo is free to leave its supports, as at that time the core of the balewill be above the break in the members 39 of said uprights. Thedrop-sections 39 of the uprights of the carriage may be held in anupright position and permitted to drop by any suitable or well-knowndevices-as, for ex ample, spring-controlled pins 42 may be carried bythe drop-sections and arranged when i said sections are vertical toenter openings in the fixed and mating sections 39 of said members.

The carriage is given movement from end to end of the main frame throughthe medium of a nut a, correspondingly threaded to the threaded portion15 of the traverse shaft 14, which threaded portion of said shaft thenut is adapted to receive, and this nut may be secured to the carriagein any suitable manner. As shown in Fig. 4, the nut is provided with anupwardly-extending stem or shank a, secured to the central portion of acentral connecting-bar a extending from one side upright d to the otherat their lower ends.

While the bale E is in process of formation, rotary motion is impartedto it as the carriage D travels from end to end of the main frame andpast the feed-rollers 34 and 35 throughthe medium of two lower drivenrollers 43 and 44, the shafts 43 and 44 whereof are journaled in thebase-sections of the uprights d of the carriage D. These shafts extendout beyond the righthand upright d, the rear shaft 44 farther than theforward shaft 43, as is shown in Fig. 3. The forward shaft 43, at itsright-hand end, is provided with a gear 45, meshing with a pinion 48 ona stud-axle 49,

and said pinion meshes with a gear 46 on the correspondingend of therear shaft 44. At the same end of the rear shaft 44 a second gear 47 issecured, meshing with the gear 26 on the line-shaft 22, as is shown inFigs. 2 and 3. By this system of gearing or through a similar system thefriction feed-rollers 43 and 44 are made to turn in the samedirection-that is, in direction of the rear of the machine-as is shownby the arrows in Fig. 4, compelling the bale to rotate in a forwarddirection, as is similarly indicated in the same figure, since the balewhile being formed rests upon the said rollers 43 and 44.

In order that the driving-gear 26, which slides upon and turns with theline-shaft 22, shall have corresponding movement with the carriage D,links 50 are loosely mounted on the rear roller-shaft 44 at each side ofthe gear 47 and upon the line-shaft 22 at each side of the gear 26, asis illustrated in Fig. 3.

The core or supporting stick F for the bale E, as is shown in Fig. 5, ismade in two 1ongitudinal sections 51 and 52, the body members of whichsections are somewhat longer than the proposed length of the' core ofthe v bale and are semicircular in cross-section,

their opposing surfaces being flat.

dle member 53 of each section 51 and 52 is circularin cross-section andis provided with r a grip loop or projection 55 and two annular flanges54 and 55.

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The inner flanges 55 are foraned where the body members of the sectionsjoin their handle members and extend v -,;---ov er the former, andarecess 56 is produced imthe inner faces of the flanges 55 opposite theflat surfaces of the body members' of the gsectionsxo'f'the stick. Whenthe sections 51 and 52 of thestick'-are brought together, the inner endof the body member of one section is passed into the flange-recess 56 ofthe other section, thus elfecting a temporary lock between the sections,which can be quickly broken by drawing the sections outward in oppositedirections.

The core-stick is placed in the slots 40 of the carriage-standards d,the flanges 54-and 55 engaging with the outer and inner surfaces of the,standards, as is shown in Fig. 1.

In addition to the rollers 43 and 44 for ro- 'tating and supporting thebale E a pressureroller 57 is employed to keep the bale in enrgagementwith said supporting-rollers 43 and 44 and yet admit of the balegradually increasing in size. This roller 57 is provided with trunnions58, which are placed in the slots 40 of the carriage-standards d, andthe said trunnions are'provided with flanges 59 and 60 to engage withopposite surfaces of the standards, and when the bale E is to be removedthe pressure-roller 57 is held at the top portions of the standards dout of the way of the bale by placing the trunnions of the roller inrecesses 61 in the upper ends of standards, as is shown in"Fig"."'4'. Ha A The open slivers G of fiber are received from the feed-rollers 34and 35 by a trough 62, wide at its forward or receiving end andcontracted at its rear or discharge end, the width of the discharge endof the trough being substantially the same as the width of thedepression 36 in the lower feed-roller 35, and the receiving end of thetrough is directly opposite the said depression 36, while the dischargeend closely approaches the carriage D,

forwardor' single-piece members of the as is shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Thetrough 62 is supported by an upright 63 from a base beam or bar 64,secured to the main frame between the forward and intermediate members Aand O of said main frame.

It will be observed that the feed-rollers 34 and 35 not only feed thefiber to the baling mechanism, but also serve to spread the fiber andretain it in its natural straight or open condition, and that the trough62 is virtually a fixed guide, insuring the fiber reaching the balingmechanism in the same condition in which it leaves the feed-rollers.

In operation, the standards 01 being in their The hanupright position,the core-stick F is placed between the said'membe'rs of the standards,and the slivers of fiber passed through the guide-trough 62 areinitially wound upon the core-stick, and the pressure-roller 57 isplaced in position to engage with the material on the stick. When thetraverse shaft 14 is set in motion, the carriage travels at the outletend of the guide-trough backward and forward, and the rotation of thebale-supporting rollers 43 and 44 effect the formation of a bale, theslivers being spirally crossed in such-operation. As the bale increasesin diameter the pressure-roller 57 rises, always in engagement with thebale and exerting downward pressure thereon. When the bale isof-suitable size,-the sections of the core-stick are drawn out from thebale, leaving an exceedingly small core, and the bale will'have beencompactly wound, owing to the action of the pressure-roller 57. When thebale is ready to be removed from the machine, the pressure-roller 57 islifted and supported in the recesses 61 in the standards, and thesections 39 of the standard members 39 are dropped and the bale isrolled out on said sections as on a track. Thus by connectingskids orlike devices to the said drop-sections 39 the bale may be rolled to thefloor without trouble, or it may be taken directly from saidstandardsections 39 by a truck or other vehicle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent I 1. In machines for baling-fiber, a feeding andspreading device for the fiber, a traveling winding mechanism, and aguide for the fiber between the-feeding and spreading device and the.winding mechanism.

2. In a machine for baling fiber, a feeding and spreading device, awinding mechanism ing and spreadingdevice, and a guide for the havingtraverse motion relative to the feed- 'IIo fiber between the feeding andspreading de viceand the winding mechanism, as and for.

the purpose set forth.

3. In a machine for baling fiber, feedingand spreading'rollers,acarriage having movement in a line parallel with the'rollers, a windingmechanism on the carriage, and a stationary guide for the fiber betweenwindingmechanism.

4. In 'a machine for baling fiber, feeding and spreading rollers,acarriage having movement on a line parallel with the rollers, a windingmechanism on the said carriage, means for imparting a traverse motion tothe carriage, and a stationary guide for the fiber, receiving the samefrom the feeding and spreading rollers and delivering the fiber to thewinding mechanism, as described.

5. In a machine for baling fiber, a feeding and spreading mechanism,consisting of an the rollers and the upper roller, a lower roller ofgreater width than the upper roller, the lower roller being providedwith a peripheral depression, in which depression the upper rollertravels, a.

carriage, means for imparting a traverse motion to the carriage in aline parallel with the said rollers, a winding mechanism on the saidcarriage, and means between the feeding and spreading mechanism and thewinding mechanism for delivering the fiber to the winding mechanism inthe same condition in which it leaves the feeding and spreadingmechanism as and for the purpose described.

6. In a machine for baling fiber, a support for the bale, consisting ofa base, standards extending upward from the base, each of whichstandards is provided with a longitudinal slot dividing the upperportion of the standards in opposing members, corresponding members ofeach standard being constructed in sections, the uppermost of whichsections are adapted to drop and form rails upon which the bale is tomove, as described.

7. In a machine for baling fiber, a bale-support having drop-sectionsadapted as tracks to assist in the removal of the bale, as set forth.

8. In a machine for baling fiber, a reciprocatin g carriage having endstandards, a balecore loosely mounted in the standards, revolublerollers mounted in the carriage for supporting and revolving the bale, apressureroller loosely mounted in the standards of the carriage forholding the bale in engagement with the supporting-rollers, andfeed-rollers for feeding the fiber, as set forth.

9. In a machine for baling fiber, areciprocating carriage havingslotted-end standards, a bale-core mounted in the slots of thestandards, rollers for supporting and revolving the bale mounted in thecarriage, means for revolving the rollers in unison with the movement ofthe carriage, a pressure-roller mounted in the standards above thebale-core, and feed and spreading rollers, one roller being of greaterwidth than the other, the wider roller being provided with a peripheraldepression, as set forth.

10. In a machine for baling fiber, a support for a bale, consisting of abase, standards extending upward from the base, said standards beingprovided with vertical slots extending from their upper edges and eachhaving a pivoted section ,rollers for imparting rotary movement to abale when in the support, which rollers are mounted at each side of theslots in the standards, and a pressure-roller the trunnions whereof havesliding movement in the slots of the standards, the said standards beingprovided with recesses at their upper ends to receive the trunnions ofthe pressureroller and hold said roller out from the slots in thestandards, as set forth.

11. In a machine for baling fiber, a winding mechanism, a feeding andspreading device comprising two rollers, one of which is provided with aperipheral recess in which the other works, and a trough arrangedbetween the winding mechanism and the feeding and spreading device, thedischarge end of the trough being substantially the same width as thedepression of the said feed-roller, as set forth.

12. Ina machine for baling fiber, the combination withvertically-slotted standards, of a core-stick made in two longitudinalsections and each provided at one end with spaced annular flanges, theinner flanges being recessed, the core-stick being placed in the slotsof the standards with the flanges engaging the outer and inner surfacesof the standards, as set forth.

13. In a machine for baling fiber, a reciprocating carriage havingslotted standards, a core-stick upon which the fiber is wound, saidstick being loosely mounted in the slots of the standards, revolublerollers upon which the bale is supported and by which it is rotated, anda pressure-roller mounted in the slots of the standards above thecore-stick and serving to hold the bale in engagement with thesupporting-rollers, as set forth.

14. A machine for baling fiber, comprising a reciprocating carriagehaving slotted end standards, supporting-rollers mounted in thecarriage, a core-stick mounted in the slots of the standards of thecarriage, a pressureroller also mounted in the slots of the saidstandards and serving to hold the bale in engagement with thesupporting-rollers, feedrollers for feeding the fiber to the core, andmeans for operating the carriage, the supporting-rollers, and thefeed-rollers in unison, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

1 JOHNJOSEPH DAVENPORT.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, JNo. M. BITTER.

